See No Evil: A Novel by Allison Brennan

Author:Allison Brennan [Brennan, Allison]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780345495037
Amazon: 0345495039
Publisher: Bill
Published: 0101-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

In twenty-four hours, the game would be over. The players were in place, the plan formed, contingencies made. Just one more problem to solve. He handed a shot of Chivas to his guest. "Don't go to the fund-raiser tomorrow."

"Of course I'm going."

"I've seen the guest list. You won't be able to control yourself, you'll blow it."

She stood. "I'm going. You can't keep me away."

"I can't protect you if you don't listen to me."

"Protect me?" She laughed. "I've never asked you to protect me. I wanted to kill him two years ago. You're the one who got in my way."

"I saved your life."

"I have no life." She let out a deep breath. "I'm not going to mess with the plan. It's perfect justice. The irony—" She swallowed, her jaw quivering, and for a brief moment he panicked. He couldn't have her fall apart on him now. He needed her strong, for just a little while longer.

Two years ago she had been fragile, on the verge of suicide. She'd had a gun, determined to kill the man who had stolen so much from her. He'd simply been in the right place at the right time and seized on the opportunity, not quite knowing how it would play out. Had he let the distraught and emotionally crippled woman kill the man she'd sought, he'd have been cheated out of his vengeance. A gun? Too fast, too easy.

His goal was not to simply kill the man who had wronged them, but to humiliate him before death. To destroy his lofty, hypocritical pedestal and watch him fall.

He hadn't known her before that day on the street when he stopped her from committing cold-blooded murder. A chance meeting? He didn't believe in luck. It was fate, giving him the spark to create such a brilliant operation. The aesthetics in each step of his masterful plan were glorious, harmonious with the overall goal of destroying injustice and restoring balance.

They were too close to victory to have her fall apart now.

He took a step toward her, touched her cheek. She leaned into his hand, closed her eyes. "You've been my rock. I would have been lost without you." She kissed his palm.

They'd never slept together, but now was the time. He saw her desperate need to cling to something, to give her strength to triumph over her adversary.

Only he could give that to her. He picked her up. She was surprisingly light. He took her to his bedroom, laid her on the bed. Her eyes were closed. Who was she thinking about? Her ex-husband? Him? Someone else?

It didn't matter. He would make her forget her weakness, give her the strength to get through the next twenty-four hours.

After that he didn't care. He'd walk away, untainted. He had a passport and a plan.

A plan for every contingency.

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